A large sinkhole shut down northbound Interstate 5 traffic near Tracy for the next couple of days.

A large sinkhole shut down northbound Interstate 5 traffic near Tracy for the next couple of days.

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Updated: 12:35 AM PDT Jun 1, 2016

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WEBVTT DANA: CREWS HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE NOON TEARING UP THE REST OF THE HIGHWAY. TRYING TO GET TO THE ROOT OF THE ISSUE. DRIVERS SHOULD EXPECT DELAYS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS STRETCH OF NORTHBOUND INTERSTATE 5 WILL CARRY NO CARS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS BECAUSE OF THIS, A SINK HOLE NOW THE SIZE OF A JACUZZI. >> WOW. HOW DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN? DANA CALTRANS MAINTENANCE CREWS : STUMBLED ACROSS THE SINKHOLE TUESDAY MORNING. AT THE TIME, IT WAS ONLY A FOOT IN DIAMETER. >> BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF IT, A FOOT IN DIAMETER, AND IT STARTED TO EXPAND WE KNEW THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO GET ON QUICKLY. DAN: THEY'RE CRUSHING CONCRETE AND DIGGING FOR ANSWERS, THE SINK HOLE MAY HAVE DEVELOPED FROM A LEAK IN A WATER LINE. >> THIS IS THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY SO YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF ORCHARDS AND AGRICULTURE HERE AND THERE WAS AN IRRIGATION PIPE THAT WAS UNDERNEATH AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE INVESTIGATING. DANA: ONE CHALLENGE FOR CREWS, A SMALL GRASS FIRE SPARKED FROM THEIR EQUIPMENT. THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT IT OUT WITH DIRT. AS THE WORK CONTINUES, CAL TRANS ADVISES DRIVERS TO TAKE STATE ROUTE 132 EASTBOUND TO STATE ROUTE 33 NORTHBOUND, TO GET BACK ONTO THE FREEWAY. SOME WHO KNOW THE AREA SAY THE DETOUR COULD BE A PROBLEM FOR COMMUTERS. STORE CLERK, JIM WRIGHT HAS BEEN GIVING OUT A LOT OF DIRECTIONS TO CONFUSED DRIVERS. >> THEY KNOW WHERE THEY' GOIN. THEY KNOW OR THEY WANT TO GO. JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THERE. SO WE'RE JUST SENDING THEM DOWN TO 99 AND TELL THEM TO GO NORT DANA BUT DRIVERS WE SPOKE TO ARE : TAKING IT IN STRIDE. >> IT'S BETTER THAN DRIVING OFF IN A HOLE.

Large sinkhole shuts down NB I-5 traffic near Tracy

A large sinkhole shut down northbound Interstate 5 traffic near Tracy for the next couple of days.